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The research

SO WHAT DID THE SPORTS MEDIA LOOK LIKE IN 2023/24?

How bad are things in the sports media?

We looked at 421 broadcast roles across the major broadcasters covering the 2024 UEFA Men’s European Football Championship, 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, 2024 Guiness Men’s Six Nations, 2024 Wimbledon Championships, 2024 Olympic Games and the 2024 Paralympic Games.

  • Our research only covered the roles from the exclusive rights holders of the competitions highlighted above

We also looked at 215 written roles covering the 2024 UEFA Men’s European Football Championship, 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, 2024 Guiness Men’s Six Nations, 2024 Wimbledon Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games.

  • Our research covered seven national newspapers, while The Athletic were also included in our research on the 2024 UEFA Men’s European Football Championship and 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

–  Guest writers and columnists were not included in this research

The stats
out of 215 roles were filled by Black writers = 4%
There has never been a black Sports Editor on a national mainstream newspaper.
% of BCOMS young people progressed into employment on the 23/24 cohort of the BCOMS programme
300+ young people have progressed through the BCOMS programme
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